The draft class

• DT Derek Wolfe — Wolfe played 70 snaps against the Chargers on defense to go with five on special teams. He finished with three tackles against the Chargers, including his third sack of the season. And when it comes to chasing down opposing quarterbacks, Wolfe knows how to pick them. His three sacks this year have come against the Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger, the Patriots’ Tom Brady and the Chargers’ Philip Rivers.

• QB Brock Osweiler — Osweiler has played just one snap this season (the final snap of the win over the Raiders), but did not appear against the Patriots and Chargers.

• RB Ronnie Hillman — Hillman played eight snaps on offense against the Chargers, giving him 45 snaps for the season, or just below 11 percent of the team’s season total. The Broncos saw some progress from him in pass protection against San Diego and thought he performed well when he had to stick his nose in and make a block. He carried the ball two times against San Diego for three yards.

• CB Omar Bolden — Bolden played 24 snaps on special teams in San Diego, his second-highest total of the season. However, that total also included a fumble on his first of four kickoff returns in the game. The Chargers took over on the Broncos’ 19-yard line and scored two plays later. Bolden handled three other kickoffs without incident after the fumble, but did appear somewhat tentative, averaging 17 yards a return in the game.

• C Philip Blake — He suffered a season-ending thumb injury in practice and has been placed on injured reserve. Blake is now sporting a cast on his surgically-repaired thumb and continues to take part in meetings.

• DE Malik Jackson — Was on the gameday roster and in uniform in San Diego, but did not appear in the game. It was the first time this season Jackson did not make it into a game. The Broncos used just six defensive linemen against the Chargers with Robert Ayers and Mitch Unrein having played as the team’s backups.

• LB Danny Trevathan — Trevathan missed a portion of Monday’s practice this week when he had some travel issues returning from the bye week, but he continues to be a part of the Broncos’ specialty packages on defense. He played 15 snaps on defense against the Chargers to go with 14 more on special teams. Trevathan finished with four tackles on defense in those 15 plays, so he at least assisted on a tackle on 26.7 percent of his snaps, a quality output.

The rest of the rookie class

• LS Aaron Brewer — Brewer continues to work smoothly, handling all of his snaps cleanly against the Chargers — five punts and three extra points. The Broncos did not attempt a field goal in the game.

• S Duke Ihenacho — The safety has been re-signed to the practice squad. Was originally signed as an undrafted free agent following April’s draft and then signed off the Broncos practice squad to the active roster just before the Raiders game. He played on special teams against Oakland. He was a gameday inactive against the Patriots and was then waived four days later when the Broncos signed returner Trindon Holliday to the roster.

• LB Steven Johnson — Johnson continues to work as a reserve middle linebacker in practice, but Nate Irving’s return from a concussion has impacted his workload. And after seeing duty on 19 special teams plays against the Raiders, Johnson was a gameday inactive in New England and in San Diego.

• DE Jamie Blatnick, C/G Quentin Saulsberry, T Darrion Weems and S Blake Gideon are currently working on the Broncos’ practice squad.

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